Game board and counter



(No Model.)

T. DOUGI-IERTY.

GAME BOARD AND COUNTER. No. 295,488. Patented Mar. 18-, 1884.

WITNESSES:

N. PETERS, PhoXa-Lflhcgraphur. Wnshillglnu. n. c

NITEI) STATES ATENT OFFICE-a TIBERIAS DOUGI-IERTY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAME BOARD AND COUNTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters l'atent No. 295,488, dated March 18, 1884.

(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TIBERIAS DOUGHERTY, of the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Game Boards and Counters, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a top or plan view of a game board and counter embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top view of the interior thereof. Fig. 3 is a partial side elevation and partial vertical section. Fig. 4 is a partial end view and partial Vertical section.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

My in vent-ion consists of a game-board having a casing or frame provided with means for holding a chess or checker board.

It also consists of a drawer having means for automatically placing cards therein in position to be conveniently grasped and removed.

It also consists of a game board having means for indicating to opposite players the count of both players.

It also consists of a game board and counter having details of construction, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and definitely claimed.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a frame or casing, on the top of which is supported a cribbage-board, B. Another gameboard may, however, be substituted therefor.

0 represents numbered wheels,which are arranged horizontally and secured to parallel shafts O,whose bearings are on pieces or bars (1,within the casing A, it being noticed that the wheels 0 are on opposite sides of the easing, and the sides of the top of the casing A are sloping, and have openings 0. at coincident places, through which the numbers of the wheels may be seen and read off.

To a vertical shaft, D, mounted on the board 13, is secured a pawl or tooth, E, whose two ends are adapted to engage with two spurwheels, F, which are connected, respectively, with the shaft 0 of the wheels 0, whereby both wheels may be simultaneously operated by the rotation of the shaft D. To the shaft D is also secured a tooth, G, whose two ends are adapted to engage with either side of a lug or' nose, H, projecting from a slide, J. which is formed with two longitudinally-extending slots 1), into which project the pins 0 of the bell-hammer arms K, the bell K, and said arms K being properly secured within the casing, it being noticed that the pins 0 occupy positions in the slots 1) at the ends toward each other, so that while the slide J is adapted to move in both directions only one bell will be struck by either motion. The return motion of the slide J is accomplished by means of springs J, suitably applied, and when it is not desired'to have the bell ring said slide may be moved by means of a knob at either end, so as to clear the noses or lugs H and render the bell-hammers inoperative, the slide remaining stationary. Each shaft 0 has connected with it a spring, L, and alaterally-projecting tooth or pin, M, and the bearing 0 of said shaft has an upward]y-projecting stop, N, so disposed that it may be struck by the pin M, said spring being also secured to the said bearing,whereby, by the rotation of the shaft, the spring is wound thereon.

On the under side of each spur-wheel F is a circular row of notches or depressions, (1, into which drop the ends of a locking-tooth, 1?, so that both wheels may be simultaneously locked and unlocked, said tooth being attached to a spring-arm, Q, which is provided with an operating-rod, Q, the top whereof has a knob or head for conveniently moving said arm Q, and consequently the tooth P, from the notches of the wheels IE. it being seen that the knob of the rod Q, is adjacent to the head or knob D of the shafts D.

The game, as shown in the drawings, is for four persons, one person sitting in front of two openings, a, or adjacent thereto, whereby he can view his own count and that of his opponent, the two counts being indicated at the two openings. When a point or count is made, the proper shaft D is turned by means of the knob D. The pawl E is thereby rotated and both spurwheels F moved the distance of one tooth. This operates the register or number wheels 0, and exposes the proper number in the opening a, so that both players have conveniently before them both their own count and that of the opposite side.

In the movement of the spur-wheels F the spring-tooth 1? yields and allows such movement, after which its ends drop into the proper notches d, and thus said wheels F, and conscquently the register-wheels O, are held. Simultaneously with the operation of the shaft D the slide J is moved by the operation of the tooth G against the lugs or noses H, and thus the bell K is rung, whereby the attention of the players is directed to the count. It is evident that the shaft D may be rotated in either direction and the count set back, if desired or required, in which case but a single stroke of the bell is accomplished, as one bellhammer remains inactive, owing to the position of the pins in the slots b of the slide J, as has been stated. \Vhen the register-wheels hzwe made their full rotation, the tooth M abuts against the stop N, thus preventing the r farther rotation of said wheel, the springsL having been wound with the rotation ot'the shaft 0. The knob Q, is then depressed, whereby the tooth l leaves the notches of the two wheels F, and as the spring L now becomes operative, the wheels, &c., connected with the shafts C, quickly return to their normalpositions, so that naught or zero is indicated in the openings of both registcr-wheels, the tooth M having abutted against the stop N so as to properly reset the parts for the commencement of another game.

In the casing are drawers It, for holding cribbage pins, chessmen, &c., and also a drawer, S, for playing-cards. A false bottom, T, is also provided, thus forming a space or way to receive a chess and checker board. The drawer S has pivoted to its bottom or sides a tilting table, S, with which is connected a pivotal lever, S, the inner end of which is formed with a horizontallyarranged loop, i. Projecting into said loop 8 is a pin or stud, e, on the lower end of a depending arm, U, which is pivoted to the casing A, said pin or stud playing in the slot of a standard, V, which rises from the bottom of the drawer, said slot being of angular form and curved at the angle. It will be seen that when the drawer is closed the parts are in position shown in Fig. 3, and a pack of cards rests on the table'S. hen the cards are required, the drawer is opened and the loop S slides on the pin or stud cuntil the drawer is opened to a certain extent, said pin or stud then reaching the end of the horizontal limb of the slot of the standard V; and when the drawer is farther opened the pin or stud is caused to descend the vertical limb of the slot of the standard V and carry with it the looped end of the lever S, whereby the table S is raised, and with it the pack of cards in the drawer, said cards thus being so located as to be most conveniently grasped and removed.

For each two persons engaged in the game, two pairs of register-wheels are brought into service, and thus each player has before him the count or tally of his own game and that of his opponent.

Adjacent knobs D Q will be of uniform color or characteristics for preventing mistakes and confusion, said color or characteristic having counterparts at the openings a.

The cribbage-board B may be substituted by any other desirable game.

Having thus described my invent-ion, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a game board or casing, a drawer pro vided with a tilting table or plate, and means for moving said plate operated by the opening of the drawer, whereby cards in the drawer may be produced, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A game-board casing or frame having a false bottom, forming a way for a chess or checker board, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A drawer in combination with a tilting table or plate, a pivoted arm with a loop and a slotted standard connected with said drawer, and a pivoted arm with a stud connected with the stationary part of the casing, substantiz'tlly as and for the purpose set forth.

4:. In a game-board, a connected casing having coincident register-wheels in pairs, the sides ofsaid casing having openings, each exposing the numbers of one wheel of each pair, all arranged substantially as described, where by the counts of opposite players may be seen on one side of the casing.

5. Register-wheels with spur or gear wheels F, and thepawl or tooth E, engaging with both wheels F, and the operating-shaft D, combined and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a game-counter, register-wheels, in conlbination with the slotted slide J, the nose H thereon, the rotary tooth G, the pins 0, bellhammer arms K, and the bell, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. The bell and bell-hammer arms, in combination with the slide J, with slots 0 b, and noses II and the springs J at opposite ends, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a game-counter, register-wheels having a winding-spring, L, and tooth M, the stop N, the wheels F, the locking-tooth 1, and operating-rod Q, combined and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

TIBERIAS DOUGHERTY.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERsIIEIM, W. F. Krncnnn. 

